Benito Baeza
Police Warn of Rental Scam
(KLIX)- Twin Falls police are warning citizens of a new Craigslist scam. According to police scammers are targeting renters, landlords, and even homeowners. Police say homes in the city are being listed on Craigslist as rental properties when in fact they’re not available
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Idaho Home Prices Brighter Than Most
WASHINGTON (AP) — Idaho’s housing rebound over the 12 months ending in July was among the most robust in the country. CoreLogic says Idaho posted a 10 percent increase in home prices in that time, second only to Arizona. Nationwide, home prices jumped 3.8 per
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Investigators Looking into Death of Three By Electrocution
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Officials from several agencies are still working to determine just what caused the water in an eastern Idaho irrigation ditch to become electrified, killing three people. Bingham County Sheriff Dave Johnson says his office, state and private investigators and Idaho Power Company officials are all reviewing the deaths of 31-year-old Jacquelyn Poulson, 41-year-old Lance Hick
Fire Fighting C-130s Head Home
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two military transport planes that are specially equipped to fight wildfires have returned to their home base in Cheyenne. The two C-130 planes operated by the Wyoming Air National Guard have been flying out of Boise, Idaho, for the past several weeks
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Air Show Profit Set Aside for Next One
(KLIX)- The Magic Valley Air Show came away with a $53,000 profit and cost just $261,000 . The event organizer Jim O’Donnell gave the report to the Twin Falls City council telling them another show needs to be done. O’Donnell says many area businesses helped make the air show turn out the way it did
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Fire Threatens North Idaho Town
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Firefighters are working to protect homes from a wildfire in remote Idaho County as wind gusts pushed the blaze toward the community of Dixie. Some residents fled Tuesday under a voluntary evacuation order. The U.S. Forest Service began asking residents to leave Monday as the McGuire Fire Complex grew near the unincorporated community in north-central Idaho
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Plane Crash in South Hills Kills 1
(KLIX)- A pilot was killed Monday evening after his plane went down in the South Hills just south of Murtaugh. According to the Cassia County Sheriffs office says Joseph Edgar Tugaw, 81, was killed in the crash. No one else was on-board. The single engine Savannah ADV fixed wing plane was found 18 miles up Dry Creek Canyon
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New Deal Reached for Fish Conservation
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials with the Nature Conservancy say they have reached an agreement to protect more than 1,600 acres critical to protecting fish and restoring stream flows in the Pashimeroi River. The conservation group announced the deal late last month to set aside land at Big Creek Ranch into a conservation easement
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Millions Lost to Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho employers facing high unemployment insurance costs can, in part, blame those who get fraudulent benefits. Getting that money back can often prove fruitless. The Idaho Department of Labor has clawed back some $24.8 million since 2007, but more than $20 million is still being pursued
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Teen Killed in Rollover
MENAN, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State Police say one person was killed when six teenagers were thrown from a pickup truck in a crash in Menan, Jefferson County. It happened at 11:45 p.m. Sunday on the Menan-Lorenzo Highway when police say the driver lost control on a curve
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UofI Freshman Drowns
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — An 18-year-old University of Idaho freshman has drowned in Dworshak Reservoir. Authorities tell the Lewiston Tribune that Preston W. Vorhauer of Kamiah died Saturday afternoon trying to swim to a small island near the Freeman Creek Boat Launch during a fraternity camping trip
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$6 Million Worth in Pot Found
JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Officers with the Idaho State Police and the Gooding County Sheriff’s Office have raided a marijuana grow operation in a corn field in Gooding County. Officers located 11 marijuana grow sites Friday that contained over 3,000 plants with an estimated street value of over $6 million. The
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